Barbados Cherry Bonsai Workshop, 10/20

Learn basic bonsai techniques to start transforming plants into bonsai. Learn why it is important to have a good soil mix, root-prune, repot, and choose the right angles when repotting. Take this knowledge home and apply it to other plants as well.

In this class we will work on the Barbados Cherry also known as 'Ayana' (here at the bonsai shop).

I'm 'Tille' the Barbados Cherry, and I'm native to the Caribbean. My leaves are evergreen and lanceolate shaped. I have small pink flowers that grow in clusters in the spring. Sometimes my flowers eventually turn into Acerola cherries high in vitamin C which is used to make juice, jams and jellies. I like full sun to indirect bright natural light and warmer temperatures to bloom. Water by submerging every 5-7 days.

This class is for beginners to intermediate.

TOTAL SEATS: 5

Materials Provided: One handmade bonsai planter in small white*, one bonsai tree, soil, decorative rocks, necessary tools for repotting. Other materials on site available for purchase.

*You may also upgrade to a medium white pot on site for an extra $20.

About the instructor/s:

Matthew Puntigam lived and worked in Tokyo for 7 years learning bonsai techniques and garden skills while apprenticing at a garden design and bonsai shop. He opened Dandy Farmer in 2016 to bring the art of bonsai to the NYC community.

Host or Publisher The Bonsai Shop by Dandy Farmer